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Finland's largest airport, the Helsinki-Vantaa airport is situated in this graticule. Majority of this graticule consists of rural area, with some larger urban settlements such as Kirkkonummi, Hämeenlinna and Vihti. | Finland's largest airport, the Helsinki-Vantaa airport is situated in this graticule. Majority of this graticule consists of rural area, with some larger urban settlements such as Kirkkonummi, Hämeenlinna and Vihti. | ||
| − | Note that the graticule is somewhat distorted due to the "proximity" of North Pole. | + | Note that the graticule is somewhat distorted due to the "proximity" of North Pole.<br> |
| + | [http://www.facebook.com Facebook] group for Finland is at [http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=14794589674 http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=14794589674] | ||
== Meetups == | == Meetups == | ||
Revision as of 22:06, 6 June 2008
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Today's Location: [Helsinki]
About
The Helsinki graticule is at latitude 60, longitude 24.
It includes two of the largest cities in Finland, the capital Helsinki and the second largest city Espoo. The 25 degree line runs through Helsinki, so that the eastern suburbs are in the Vantaa graticule. Parts of the city of Vantaa is also included in this graticule, but majority of it is in a graticule of it's own. Finland's largest airport, the Helsinki-Vantaa airport is situated in this graticule. Majority of this graticule consists of rural area, with some larger urban settlements such as Kirkkonummi, Hämeenlinna and Vihti.
Note that the graticule is somewhat distorted due to the "proximity" of North Pole.
Facebook group for Finland is at http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=14794589674
Meetups
- 2008-05-24 Ended up in Kirkkonummi, near a lake. Succesfully reached.
- 2008-05-30 Succesfully reached by isani.
- 2008-06-01 Ended up in the city of Vantaa, behind a scrap metal yard. Succesfully reached by 3 geohashers.
